Closet-seat.



E. L. DBLANY.

CLOSET SEAT.

APPLIOATION I'ILED 312. 4, 190B.

91 2,824. Patented Feb. 16', 1909.

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CLOSET-SEAT.

, Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented nab. is, won.

Application filed. Februm'y, 1908. Serial 180. $14,246;

- Todll whom 'it may co'ricem."

.Seats; and I do hereby declare the 'following to ib'e' a' full, clear, and exact description of thef'inv'ention, such as will enable others "skilled in the art to which 7 it appertains to make and use the same.

- [This invention contemplates an improved 'boltsp 1'5 closet seat, having-special reference to those comprismg a plurality of sections united by The primary object of the invention is to provide improved means for securely unit- .1ng the sections with the employment of less mechanical elements then heretoforefound necessary.

" .Further objects are to increase the strength ofthe structure by-the formation of the several sections, and to equip a seat having .the improved coupling means with one or more sections of non-porous material.

In the accompanying drawing F gure l shows a plan view of a seat constructed in accordance with my invention. Fi 2 is a sectional view SlIOWIIIg the manner of. uniting and securing the sections. Fig. 3 shows slight modifications. Fig. Al is a section on line air-*4, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a further modi fication.

Referring to the: drawing 1 designates the seat of; approximately circular formation.

and, comprising a plurality of sections VVhen'of Wooden material the grain of the respecti've'sections runs substantially lengthwise of the section, this construction and the attendant advantages being well understood in theart. .Insome instances, however, I prefer to make the seat of bent wood sections, that is, byshaping or bending the respectivefsection's so that when assembled they collectively form the desired contour.

Such asection is, indicated at 3, Fig. 3. In

-. consequence oft-his construction the grain will run truly parallel with the curvature of the section. The durability of a section thus-made will be apparent as it obviates corners having only :a short length of grain and 'likelyto warp or break.

4 designates the tongue and groove construction. employed at the meeting edges ofadjacent sections and 5 the bolts by which thesec'tions are secured together. I have shown means by which'a plurality of sections may be held together by a single bolt. For this-purpose the bolt extends entirely through one or more of the sections, terminating in other sections.

As shown in Fig. 1, the sections 6 and 7 are formed with slots or bores in alinement and extending entirely through the sections, while sections 8 and 9 have slots registering with those of sections 6 and 7 but extending only partially through their length and terminating in recesses 10 in which binding nuts may be turned upon the threaded extremities of the bolt. Thus itwill be seen that a singleangiilar bolt holds the four sections (3, 7, 8, 9 together. At the same time only two binding nuts are necessary and in tighteningthem the force exerted upon the angular bolt is equally distributed against all the sections which the bolt engages thus insuring an even, tight joint be tween adjacent sections. This construction may be duplicated in securing sections 8 and 9 to end sections 12 and 13. V

In Fig. 5 I have illustrated a form of embodiment in which only two binding nuts are necessary, each of the nuts 1-7 having a right and left thread and each of the bolts being correspondingly threaded and lengthenecL' As shown in Figs. 3 and5 I may dispense with two end sections and substitutea single end-section, as 14, in their stead. In Fig. 3 I have shown this single section as made of nonporous material such as porcelain preferably having a core 15 of cast iron formed with a slot 16 to receive the bolt. (See Fig. st.) Any desired number of these sections of non-porous material may be used.

I claim as my invention:

1. A closet seat consisting of an annulus "formed by a plurality of circumferential sections, some of said sections haviugslots extending entirely thercthrough and the adaceut sections having slots extending part'ially therethrough and" terminating in recesses, and angular bolts for securing said sections passed through said slots and into said recesses, and nuts on said bolts within saidrecesses whereby said angular bolts collectively form a circular binding element extending approximately throughout said annulus and within its thickness, and said TED-MA S PA OFFER 2. A closet seat comprising a plurality of circumferential sections, one or more of said sections belng of non-porous material, some 'of the sections having slots extending .en-.

tirely therethrough, and the adjacent sections having slots extending partially there- 10 through and terminating 1n recesses, and

angular bolts passed through saicl slots and into said recesses for securing said sections together.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification 'in'thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

' EDWARD L. DELANY.

WVitnesses J 01am J. DELANY, LOUISE MARSHEIM. 

